Two

We are to genders
Sharing one species
And often one abode
Trying to communicate
With each other but
Speaking different
Languages of love.
Independence to one
Is political more than
Personal while the
Obverse to the other,
To raise a family while
Shaving semantics is a
Luxury most cannot afford.
We each do the best we
Can to not tread on the
Other gender’s toes
Though that is not
Good enough in
Many cases,
Still, we do
Strive to
Honor
And
Respect
What we do not
Perceive ourselves
Else-wise we do not
Hear our other half’s
Entreaty because
They do not hear
Ours and each
Suffer for our
Deafness to
A need we
Do not
Feel
As
Keenly
As the other.
Your right to swing
Your fist stops at my
Face applies just as
Equally to one’s
Right to try to
Interfere to
Do good
Only to
Quash
Another’s
Independence.
We each have the
Right to fail if we do
Choose and the other
Must simply help us
To recover as best
They can but with
Out a word of I
Told you so,
Told you so,
Told you
Told you
Told you, so.
But
Rather
In silence or
Perhaps a smile
A hug a touch
To seal our
Bond and
Go back
Inside
To our life
Together.